Bring-Your-Own-Identity (BYOI) is an authentication mechanism that offers a better user experience and is more secure than having multiple passwords for multiple services. BYOI simply refers to integrating with social networking sites (for example, Facebook, Google, and Yahoo). In practice, an example of BYOI is demonstrated by having an option to sign up to a website using Facebook, as demonstrated in the following screenshot:
You are probably familiar with users in a typical organization complaining about having to use different passwords, applications and authentication methods. Wouldn't it be nice to have ...
